Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 9.11K people in South Dakota with Subsaharan African ancestry (1.03% of South Dakota population). Among all South Dakota counties, Minnehaha County had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (3.54%), followed by Brookings County (1.17%), and Brown County (1.13%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Dakota.
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Related Topics: South Dakota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Dakota Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County | 3.54 |
| 2 | Brookings County | 1.17 |
| 3 | Brown County | 1.13 |
| 4 | Edmunds County | 0.85 |
| 5 | Sully County | 0.70 |
| 6 | Day County | 0.55 |
| 6 | Lawrence County | 0.55 |
| 7 | Clark County | 0.50 |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 0.46 |
| 9 | Codington County | 0.44 |
| 10 | Hutchinson County | 0.42 |
| 11 | Meade County | 0.41 |
| 12 | Clay County | 0.39 |
| 13 | Jackson County | 0.35 |
| 14 | Harding County | 0.34 |
| 15 | Grant County | 0.29 |
| 16 | Aurora County | 0.26 |
| 16 | Hamlin County | 0.26 |
| 16 | Pennington County | 0.26 |
| 16 | Turner County | 0.26 |
| 17 | Dewey County | 0.23 |
| 18 | Davison County | 0.20 |
| 19 | Lake County | 0.19 |
| 19 | Spink County | 0.19 |
| 20 | Bon Homme County | 0.16 |
| 20 | Roberts County | 0.16 |
| 21 | Bennett County | 0.15 |
| 22 | Douglas County | 0.14 |
| 23 | Hughes County | 0.09 |
| 24 | Charles Mix County | 0.08 |
| 24 | Corson County | 0.08 |
| 24 | Lyman County | 0.08 |
| 25 | Marshall County | 0.05 |
| 26 | Moody County | 0.03 |
| 27 | Custer County | 0.02 |
| 28 | Todd County | 0.01 |